Pedro Espada Jr.

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News about Pedro Espada Jr., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 19, 2013

Pedro Gautier Espada, former lawmaker who was charged with his father Pedro Espada Jr in scheme to steal from Soundview Health Center in the Bronx, is sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement. MORE

Jun. 15, 2013

Former New York State Senator Pedro Espada Jr of the Bronx is sentenced to five years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from nonprofit Soundview Health Center; sentence comes after Espada makes last ditch effort to portray himself as wronged victim. MORE

Jun. 4, 2013

Pedro Espada Jr, former New York state senator convicted in 2012 of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from nonprofit Soundview Health Center in the Bronx, accuses federal trial judge in his case of improperly pressuring jury to reach its verdict, and files motion seeking new trial; motion comes just days before his scheduled sentencing. MORE

Oct. 13, 2012

Pedro Espada Jr, former Democratic state senator from the Bronx, pleads guilty to one count of tax evasion; in return for dismissal of all remaining charges, Espada agrees not to appeal an earlier conviction for stealing from Soundview Health Center, nonprofit organization he founded in his borough. MORE

Oct. 12, 2012

Guilty plea by former Democratic State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. is expected to resolve all remaining charges against him and his son Pedro G Espada, including tax evasion; senator was convicted in May of stealing more than $400,000 from Soundview Health Center in the Bronx, a group of health clinics he founded and ran. MORE

Sep. 22, 2012

Judge Frederic Block of Federal District Court in Brooklyn declines to revoke bail for former State Senator Pedro Espada Jr despite new accusations that he siphoned additional money from Soundview Healthcare Network; Espada was convicted in May of stealing from the nonprofit group, which he founded. MORE

Sep. 20, 2012

Prosecutors say a deal in which former Democratic State Senator Pedro Espada Jr received $40,000 from Soundview Healthcare’s liquidation is a violation of his bail terms and suggest that he should lose his freedom; Espada has been free pending his sentencing for stealing nearly $500,000 from the Bronx nonprofit organization he founded. MORE

May. 17, 2012

Federal prosecutors plan to attempt to recover nearly $500,000 that former Democratic state senator, Pedro Espada Jr, was convicted of stealing from a nonprofit health care network; also, they are seeking a retrial for Espada and his son; Espada has already been found guilty on four counts; son Pedro G Espada will be retried on all eight counts. MORE

May. 15, 2012

Former New York State senator Pedro Espada Jr is convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Soundview Health Center, Bronx nonprofit heath care network he founded; federal jury finds him guilty on four counts of theft, but fails to reach verdict on four related charges; Espada faces up to 40 years in prison, and joins a long list of state lawmakers convicted of corruption-related charges in recent years. MORE

May. 11, 2012

Jurors in federal embezzlement trial of former New York State Senator Pedro Espada Jr indicate that they might be close to a verdict after nine days of deliberations. MORE

May. 10, 2012

Hiram Monserrate and Carl Kruger, two of four Democratic state senators from New York City who threw the upper house of the Legislature into chaos after the 2008 election, are headed to prison; third, Pedro Espada Jr., is being tried on corruption charges, while fourth, Senator Ruben Diaz Sr, remains in office. MORE

May. 5, 2012

New York State Legislative Ethics Commission orders former State Senator Pedro Espada Jr to pay $80,000 for violating state law by hiring his uncle Juan A Feliciano Jr; judgment is the largest ever assessed by the commission; Espada is currently on trial in federal court, accused of embezzlement. MORE

May. 3, 2012

Federal jury considering embezzlement charges against former New York State Sen Pedrao Espada Jr is showing signs of discord after three days of deliberation without a verdict. MORE

Apr. 26, 2012

Defense delivers closing arguments to federal jury in embezzlement trial of former New York State Senator Pedro Espada Jr, who is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from nonprofit Soundview Health Center in the Bronx. MORE

Apr. 25, 2012

Federal prosecutors make closing arguments in fraud trial of Pedro Espada Jr, former New York State senator who is accused, along with his son Pedro Gautier Espada, of embezzling money from Bronx nonprofit Soundview Health Center; Espada and his son face maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted. MORE

Mar. 30, 2012

Jim Dwyer About New York column asserts that trial of Pedro G Espada and Pedro Espada Jr, who are charged with stealing $500,000 from Soundview Health Care clinics in the Bronx, bears similarity to fact that national health care may come down to one deciding vote in the Supreme Court; says that both situations highlight the perils of entrusting a great deal of power to a single person. MORE

Mar. 29, 2012

Emotional testimony from Norma Ortiz at embezzlement trail of her former boss Pedro Espada Jr, is rife with inconsistent statements; cross-examination produces contradictory testimony that underscores fact that much of the prosecution case rests on witnesses close to Espada who may have benefited from his lavish spending at Soundview Health Care Network in the Bronx. MORE

Mar. 23, 2012

More than a dozen witnesses testify that former New York State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. paid them for personal services with business checks; Espada is accused of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars from SoundView Health Care network, a nonprofit health care network in the Bronx, on his private expenses. MORE

Mar. 16, 2012

Maria Dolores Cruz, the first witness in the embezzlement trial of former State Senator Pedro Espada Jr, testifies that she saw Espada guide several schemes to steal money from the nonprofit Soundview Health Care Network; Cruz testifies that she attended meetings in which Espada brushed off questions that were raised about his exorbitant spending. MORE

Mar. 15, 2012

Opening arguments are made in the trial of former state senator Pedro Espada Jr, and his son, Pedro Gautier Espada, accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from nonprofit SoundView Health Care Network in the Bronx; central question of of the case is whether their lavish lifestyles were financed by theft or if they were perks of the office. MORE

Mar. 14, 2012

Former New York State Sen Pedro Espada Jr is set to stand trial on charges that he and son Pedro Gautier Espada diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars from nonprofit Bronx health clinic Soundview Health Care Network for their own benefit; both men face a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for each count on which they are convicted. MORE